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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Seriously??

I went to see Mom and took her to lunch today.She is amazing considering the 2 surgeries she had!

Mom always inspires me! She was showing me her quilt that she is working on. (I wanted to take pics but figured she might want toput it on her blog one day). Then she ran across this purse that she made a while back. It is the cutest thing. The one thing I can say about Mom is when she starts something she always finishes it unlike me!!!

This is my sister, Karen and her 1st grandbaby!She is having a ball being a grandmother!Thanks to Karen, we all got our lunch free today!We ate at Olive Garden and when we paid, they lost Karensdebit card! When they came out to tell her they could not find it, theysaid that she could have her lunch free!Well, if you know anything about me, I am not going to sit there and not ask for mine and Moms too.I hinted to the manager that since we had to wait so long that we should have ours free too.And he did it!And as we were about to leave, they found Karens card!

After leaving Mom's organized house, I decided to come home

and clean out my craft bag! I haven't really done much since we moved.

I have been wanting to find my knitting needles and the book to learn how to do it.

I thought it was in this bag!

Can you believe that all this was in this bag?

And all this!!!!

This is getting embarrassing!!!

This is now my empty craft bag!

My daughters bought this for me at Christmas!

I LOVE it!

But my knitting kit was not in there!

But I did find it!It was in a cabinet!At least I have my bag cleaned out now and I have my knitting needles! Now lets see if I can learn how!Seriously?***********************************************Prayer RequestRemember last night when I asked you to pray for my best friends father in law?Well, Heaven has another angel now.Please pray for the family as they go through this.It is always sad for us, but heaven is rejoicing!

6 comments:

I have that exact same bag except in a different fabric, and you haven't seen anything! Mine is so packed ... it is fairly well organized, but packed to the hilt! I keep my main scrapbooking tools in it to take to the local scrapbooking store, Altered Angel.

Glad your mom is doing good. Wow. Can't believe they lost her debit card. That's crazy! At least you got a free lunch too and they found her card. I use a bag just like that for my craft bag too. Don't you just love Thirty One? I could be addicted to their bags! Have a good weekend!

Oh Val, I am so sorry about your friends father...So glad he knew the Lord..that..Your Mom looks great. she is such a trooper! I am not the best at organization myself..I try, but not always successful..Blessings to you!

Hi Val, Your Mom looks great . Tell her I love the colors of her jacket! Good luck with your knitting. I do like to knit but sewing is my thing right now or embroidery. Do you crochet anymore? I know it was causing problems with your hand. I am sorry about your friend's father. Prayers will be said for his family.

If I was your sister, I think I would cancel that debit card and get a new one. I had someone order an Ipad with mine back in December... we are still dealing with the fraud charge and all that jazz. You can't be too careful!! Your mom is amazing... very determined. We could all learn from her!!

Granny's PERFECT Quilt

It is PERFECT. Perfectly PERFECT. Oh I don't mean perfect stitches, or perfect seams, or perfectly square. It is PERFECT for snuggling under on a rainy, dreary day. It is PERFECT for wrapping up a grandchild who is spending the night. It is PERFECT for making a house when draped over a chair & an end table. It is PERFECT for winding around and around a doll. It is PERFECT for covering up in the car when the air conditioning is on full blast. It is PERFECT for laying on the carpet and putting a baby down for his nap. God has touched Granny's heart and her hands, and her life. He has made her an artist. He has given her the gift of PERFECT quilts.

Written by Marlene B. about the quilt she bought from Granny. (Excerpt from Oct. 7, 2009 post on her blog)

Our Forever Farm

Our Little PEACE of Heaven

"Oh that God would give every mother a vision of the glory and splendor of the work that is given to her when a babe is place in her bosom to be nursed and trained! Could she have but one glimpse in to the future of that life as it reaches on into eternity; could she look into it's soul to see its possibilities; could she be made to understand her own personal responsibility for the training of this child, for the development of its life, and for its destiny,--she would see that in all God's world there is no other work so noble and so worthy of her best powers, and she would commit to no others hands the sacred and holy trust given to her." -JR Miller

Our Prayer

Lord, help us to PLAN, PREPARE, & PLANT what you would have us to. Help us to WEED out of our lives what should not be there. Lord, help us to GROW through you in our relationships, our attitudes, and our lives, always being in your will. Help us to always walk with you. Let us always be thankful and content. Amen